Niihau High & Elementary School
Waimea · HI · Hawaii Department of Education · Public · K-12 combined
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Kula Aupuni Niihau A Kahelelani Aloha - NCPCS → Ke Kula Niihau o Kekaha Learning Center → Kawaikini - NCPCS → Kanuikapono - PCS → Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind → Ke Kula o Samuel M Kamakau - A Laboratory PCS → Hakipuu Academy → Ke Kula o Ehunuikaimalino →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 1% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Niihau High & Elementary School compares for families
What families should know about Niihau High & Elementary School.
- ▸ LocallyHI trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Kula Aupuni Niihau A Kahelelani Aloha - NCPCS, Ke Kula Niihau o Kekaha Learning Center, Kawaikini - NCPCS and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 1% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Hawaii at Manoa
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $15,664/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -0.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 13 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kula Aupuni Niihau A Kahelelani Aloha - NCPCS Kekaha |
Public · charter | 2.9 | 4 | — |
| Ke Kula Niihau o Kekaha Learning Center Kekaha |
Public · charter | 3.2 | 16 | — |
| Kawaikini - NCPCS Lihue |
Public · charter | 17.2 | 22 | — |
| Kanuikapono - PCS Anahola |
Public · charter | 26.6 | 23 | — |
| Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind Honolulu |
Public | 128.1 | 25 | — |
| Ke Kula o Samuel M Kamakau - A Laboratory PCS Kaneohe |
Public · charter | 124.3 | 32 | — |
| Hakipuu Academy Kaneohe |
Public · charter | 125.1 | 42 | — |
| Ke Kula o Ehunuikaimalino Kealakekua |
Public | 295.5 | 45 | — |